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OUR BOXER BITES

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Question
HI JANNIE,

 MY NAME IS DAWNE AND I HAVE A 1 1/2 YR OLD BOXER WHO HAS BEN WITH OUR CHILDREN SINCE HE WAS A PUP AND NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS ME AND MY KIDS FATHER HAVE JUST GOT BACK TOGETHER AND THE DOG HAS MOVED IN HERE WITH US HE BITE MY DAUGHTER ONCE BEFORE HE MOVED HERE AND ONCE SINCE HES LIVED HERE SECOND TIME DRAWING A LIL BLOOD BOTH TIMES IN THE FACE.WE WERE UNSURE WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE WE WERE NOT IN THE ROOM WELL A FEW WEEKS AGO MY 9YR OLD COUSIN WAS HERE PLAYING WITH MY KIDS OUTSIDE AND THE DOG JUST JUMPED ON HIM ATTACKING HIM I HAD TO PULL HIM OFF MY COUSIN NOW WE ARE TRYING TO FIND A NON CHILDREN HOME BUT NON OF THE RESCUES ARE WILLING TO TAKE A DOG THAT HAS BITTEN SOMEONE DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE OF WHERE WE CAN TURN FROM HERE ITS SO SAD THAT HE HAS TO GO HE IS SO LOVEABLE AND WELL BEHAVED BUT WE ARE SCARED TO DEATH THAT THIS MAY HAPPEN AGAIN.PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU KNOW OF ANYWHERE THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE HIM WE LKIVE IN CT THANK YOU. DAWNE

Answer
Your question is without periods and difficult to understand.

Your Boxer is biting and attacking, and didn't before.

1) The children are provoking the attacks

2) The change in the family environment (i.e. father coming back)

3) The domestic situation is not stable

Yes, a Boxer Rescue will take him/her and access the dog then train and adopt out.